Dough-kneader



(No Model.)

J. M. CROWLEY. DOUGH KNEADER.

No. 513,175. Patented Jan. 23, 1894.

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UNITED STAT S "PATE'NT OFFIC JOHN M. CROWLEY, OF AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.

DOUGH-KNEADER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 513,17 5, dated January 23, 189 4.

Application filed November 13, 1893- Serial No. 490,7 81. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN M. CROWLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Augusta, in the county of Richmond, State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful- Improvements in Dough- Kneaders, of which the following is va specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The objects of this invention are to produce a simple and inexpensive machine adapted for family use, to easily and quickly transform dough to a proper condition and consistency for baking without the addition of saleratus or of baking powders, and that when baked will be palatable and healthful; also to provide a machine of this class with a removable but unyielding revoluble kneading beater and a removable bottom easily cleaned and adapted for use in the formation of pastry,

biscuits, &c. I attain these objects by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which t Figure 1 is a perspective View of a doughkneader constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig.2 isa perspective view of the removable bottom detached from the machine. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section of the machine through one of the cross supports thereof, and with the driving wheel removed. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the kneading beater on a smaller scale.

The machine consists of an open-top rectangular box having the two sides A secured together by means of nails to the end boards A and A The side boards A have their bottom edges resting upon wood supports B, that extend across said edges adjacent to their ends. Said supports extend beyond the sides A and said extensions B constitute the equivalent of legs for the machine, and said of the opening between the side board A and the end boards A and A ofthe' machine, but yet the board 0 can be easily lifted from its supportsB if a persons hand is introduced the dough that is to be beatand kneaded.

Centrally within saidbox is mounted the revoluble kneading beater D, which consistsof a square core or shaft (1 having four rectangular wings d projecting from its sides. One end 01 of said shaft is made cylindrical and is received in a perforation in the end board A while the opposite end carries a hand wheel E by which it can be rotated, said wheel having a handle 6 projecting from its outer face. At a short distance from the inner face of the wheel E the shaft d has a cylindrical portion d formed thereon to constitute the second journal of said shaft. Said second journal is received in a semi-cylindrical cavity or bearing formed in the upper edge of the end board A and upon said edge is placed a bearing cap or block A the length of which is equal to that of the end-board A but its top is on a lower level than the upper edgeof the side boards A. .To retain the capblock firmly upon the journal forming part of the shaft 01, a strip of sheet metal F is placed upon the top of the oap-block, and to retain said strip in position it is inserted in slots a, made in the ends of the side boards A on the same level as'the top of the block A As the length of the wings d is slightly less than the length of the interior of the box, the beater D can easily be removed from said box after removing the metal strip F and capblock A from their normal position.

. As the bearings for the shaft of the beater are unyielding, and the periphery of its wings 5 IQO cessively presented to its action, it is thus rapidly brought to a proper condition for baking.

Having now I claimfully described my invention,

1. A dough-kneader consisting of a rect- I A? A of unequal height, a cap-block A resting upon the board A a strip F resting upon the block A and having its ends secured in slots in the ends of the boards A, supports B under the bottom edge of said frame, and a removable bottom loosely received within said frame, upon said supports, with a revoluble beater having its shaft unyieldingly retained within said frame substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix in y signature in presence of two witnesses.

. v JOHN M. CROWLEY.

Witnesses:

THADS OAK-MAN, FRED T. LOCKHART. 

